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Guest Speaker: Dr. Beverley Chalmers Although rarely mentioned, sexual assault of children during the Holocaust occurred far more often than we would like to acknowledge. Children were sexually abused in ghettos, camps, on transit trains, while in hiding, and even when sent to safety outside Europe. They were betrayed by the Nazis, their rescuers, their […]

  The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre in partnership with the Beau Bassin Jewish Detainees Memorial & Information Centre, the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Ghetto Fighters House invite you to join us online for the 82nd Commemoration of the deportation of Jews to Mauritius. The […]

Book your free guided tour with dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za or by calling 011 640 3100 to book your spot! This 90-minute guided tour is free of charge.

Book your free guided tour with dowi@jhbholocaust.co.za or by calling 011 640 3100 to book your spot! This 90-minute guided tour is free of charge.

  Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre invite you to an evening with Simon Sebag Montefiore. The acclaimed historian and bestselling author of Stalin: The Court […]

“The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry” is an 8-part series that will engage with scholars and experts who grapple with themes related to Holocaust studies. The series will explore the […]

Dr. Eglitis's lecture discusses the occurrence of sexual violence during the liberation, specifically the assaults carried out by Soviet Army liberators against Jewish female survivors. Testimonies and memoirs reveal that […]

The High Commission of the Republic of Rwanda in South Africa in partnership with the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre invites you to join us in marking the 29th commemoration of […]

In honour of the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the Armenian Youth of South Africa invite you to join us for a screening of the […]

3rd session of The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry “The Holocaust as an Interdisciplinary Tapestry” is an 8-part series that will engage with scholars and experts who grapple with themes […]

A film by Maximiliano Hernando Bruno that concentrates on Istria after the armistice of 8 September 1943. Norma Cossetto emerges as a key figure - a young Istrian woman, daughter […]